These lifestyle changes could help lower your risk of developing cancer
Quitting smoking is top of the list.
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Quitting smoking is top of the list.
A new study showed the benefits
One in eight people who smoked this time last year have since quit.
Married women with children reported the largest increase in well-being.
The worms exhibit behavioral responses to nicotine similar to what mammals experience.
Japanese companies are offering non-smoking staff an additional six days paid annual leave to make up for the breaks smokers take, writes Jason O’Callaghan.
The majority of Irish people say they are in good health, though over 60% are overweight or obese.
The new ban follows a clean-up of nearly 140,000 cigarette butts from a 2.5 kilometre stretch of the famed Patong beach in Phuket.
We need truthful information on the relative risks of cigarettes compared to the various smoke-free alternative products, writes David T Sweanor.
The Charities Regulator sold off its shares this year.
Children from deprived areas are twice as likely to inhale second-hand smoke as children from more affluent backgrounds.
We need smoking prevention efforts to ensure smoking rates continue to drop among all young people, writes Donal Buggy.
This would make the country only the second to do so, after Uruguay.
Ireland’s health authority has recommended that the government wait for more studies before endorsing e-cigarettes.
Smoking is directly related to more than 5,600 deaths in Ireland every year.
A new report differentiates between occasional and daily smokers.
One in every two smokers will die of a tobacco-related disease – pharmacists want to buck this trend.
A new smoking policy for the prison service is currently being finalised.
New research found those who switched to vaping had reduced toxins and carcinogens in their bodies.
A number of businesses in Dublin have moved to ban smoking where their customers eating outside.
A study carried out over 11 years found patients with a healthy weight were almost twice as likely to die in hospital compared to people who were obese or overweight.
Data from Healthy Ireland reveals that 29% of smokers currently use e-cigarettes as an aid to quitting smoking.
Ash Ireland today urged people to consider giving up smoking in the new year.
More research is needed, however.
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UCD and Trinity College have started making their universities smoke-free.
Some 23% of adults in Ireland smoke, the same proportion as in 2015.
Ooh. It’s a close one.
Sarah Daly thought she was a hopeless case – but there’s no such thing when it comes to quitting smoking.
A study by the AA found a discrepancy between the number of people who smoke compared to the number of people who say they do.
The fact that e-cigarettes don’t contain tobacco or tar is one of the arguments as to why they should not be taxed as heavily as normal cigarettes.
And some happen as soon as you stub out that last cigarette.
And hopefully will help you to quit, too.
The majority of local authorities have committed to smoke-free policies.
Two in three smokers want to give up writes Donald Buggy of the Irish Cancer Society.
And some happen as soon as you stub out that last cigarette.
Regulation of e-cigarettes will also be enforced from today.
Finian McGrath said that he personally supports smoking areas in pubs and restaurants.
A range of measures across the world signal big changes to how tobacco is sold.